The book is about a bar waitress down in Louisiana that can read other peoples thoughts. She becomes involved with vampires, who have just declared their existence to the world. Sookie kinda likes hanging around vampires because she can not read their thoughts, which is a nice change for her. As the books go on, she becomes more and more involved in the vampire world as well as with werewolves and other supernatural creatures.

It sounds cliche because there are sooo many vampire books around, but Sookie is such a charming southern girl and the characters are really engaging. :) And apparently, the books are so well written that HBO decided to develop the story into a series which I'm very grateful! A few minor changes from the storyline, but overall, very well done.